The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

基本信息

Edited by：Ernst Cassirer

Publisher：Princeton University Press

Published：30 Aug 2009

Language：English

Format Paperback：392 pages

ISBN-10 : 069114334X

ISBN-13 : 978-0691143347

Weight：425 g

Dimensions：140 x 22 x 216（mm）

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書籍簡介

在這本經典的思想史著作中，恩斯特·卡西爾對歷*偉大的思想史時期之一——啟蒙運動，進行了有力的綜合和透徹的分析。他認為，在這一時期的各種思潮之下存在着一個共同的基礎，他展示了啟蒙運動的哲學家們是如何利用前幾個世紀的思想，並從根本上改變它們以適應現代世界的。在卡西爾看來，啟蒙運動將哲學從純粹思想的領域中解放出來，並恢復了它作為一種活躍的、創造性的力量的真實地位，通過這種力量來獲得對世界的認識。

在一篇新的前言中，彼得·蓋伊(Peter Gay)將啟蒙哲學置於其寫作的背景下——1932年的德國，納粹奪取權力的懸崖邊上，啟蒙思想的理想遭到了最猛烈的攻擊之一。他還認為，卡西爾的作品仍然是對21世紀啟蒙運動的敵人的有力防禦。

In this classic work of intellectual history, Ernst Cassirer provides both a cogent synthesis and a penetrating analysis of one of history's greatest intellectual epochs: the Enlightenment. Arguing that there was a common foundation beneath the diverse strands of thought of this period, he shows how Enlightenment philosophers drew upon the ideas of the preceding centuries even while radically transforming them to fit the modern world. In Cassirer's view, the Enlightenment liberated philosophy from the realm of pure thought and restored it to its true place as an active and creative force through which knowledge of the world is achieved.

In a new foreword, Peter Gay considers The Philosophy of the Enlightenment in the context in which it was written--Germany in 1932, on the precipice of the Nazi seizure of power and one of the greatest assaults on the ideals of the Enlightenment. He also argues that Cassirer's work remains a trenchant defense against enemies of the Enlightenment in the twenty-first century.

作者簡介

恩斯特·卡西爾(Ernst Cassirer, 1874-1945)是德國猶太哲學家，曾在德國和美國的幾所大學任教。他是許多書的作者，包括國家的神話，一篇關於人的文章，語言和神話。

Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) was a German-Jewish philosopher who taught at several universities in Germany and the United States. He was the author of many books, including The Myth of the State, An Essay on Man, and Language and Myth.